Andreas (Andrew) Margioris ( Greek: Ανδρέας Μαργιωρής) is a Greek internist and endocrinologist , Professor of

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in the

University of Crete The University of Crete (UoC; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης) is a multi-disciplinary, research-oriented institution in Crete, Greece, located in the cities of Rethymno (official seat) and Heraklion, and one of the country's most aca ...

Biography

Andrew Margioris was born in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

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from Greek parents. His father was the esoteric philosopher

Nikolaos Margioris Nikolaos Margioris (Greek: Νικόλαος Μαργιωρής; 1913–1993) was a Greek Western esotericism, esoteric philosopher, and author. He taught for many decades various Metaphysics, metaphysical and philosophical subjects. He wrote also ...

. Margioris attended the University of Athens Medical School; and finished in 1971. He completed his doctorate thesis at the University of Athens in 1975, where he was also teaching as an assistant at the Department of

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, School of Medicine. Margioris was enrolled as intern in Internal Medicine in 1976 at the Brooklyn Cumberland Medical Center in Downtown Brooklyn. He continued his Internal Medicine training as junior, senior and chief resident at the Medical Center of the Downstate University of New York. Margioris started residency in

Endocrinology Endocrinology (from '' endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental event ...

at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, City University of New York, from 1980 till 1984. Following that, he was promoted as an instructor in Medicine at the same medical center (1985-1988). In 1985, he was awarded a KO8, Clinical Research award ( NIH). Following the untimely death of the Chief of the Department of Endocrinology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, professor

Dorothy T. Krieger Dorothy T. Krieger was an American academic and endocrine researcher who served as a professor and director of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Her major contribution was her discovery of treatment for Cushing's Disease. Early life and career K ...

, Margioris moved his research base at the NICHD,

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(NIH). Margioris was awarded a senior research grant from the National Research Council in 1988. In 1989, Margioris was unanimously elected as an associate professor and head of the Department of

at the Medical School, of the

, and few years later he was promoted as a full professor. In 2010 he was elected as Chief of the Medical Service and interim Chairman of the Board at the University Hospital of

Heraklion Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban A ...

Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...

. Margioris was elected as Dean of the School of Medicine in the University of Crete, from 2011 to 2014. Margioris retired in 2014 and he has since be elected as a

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. He was also member of the Standing Committee of the European Medical Research Council (2009-2014) and member of the Greek Health Task Force of the Ministry of Health of Greece from 2011 to 2012. Margioris was Editor in Chief of the scientific journal

Hormones A hormone (from the Ancient Greek, Greek participle , "setting in motion") is a class of cell signaling, signaling molecules in multicellular organisms that are sent to distant organs by complex biological processes to regulate physiology and beh ...

'','' published by Springer-Nature, from 2010 to 2022. Hormones is the official journal of the Greek Endocrine Society and is on

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since 2002.

Research

Margioris has 170 publications sited in PubMed, and 65 publications in

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References

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